brown
Pronunciation:
/bɹaʊn//bɹaʊn/noun
Definitions
A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
Example: The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
Black tar heroin.
A copper coin.
verb
Definitions
To become brown.
Example: Fry the onions until they brown.
To cook something until it becomes brown.
Example: Brown the onions in a large frying pan.
To tan.
Example: Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.
To make brown or dusky.
adjective
Definitions
Having a brown colour.
Antonyms:nonbrownGloomy.
(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.